Before joining the embassy, she went for a long visit to Israel as a master’s student and immersed herself in Israel’s Neve Shalom Tech2Peace program to study how friendships between Israelis and Palestinians can pave the way for peace.
"There should be greater transparency on the issue of televoting. This year it was all very strange about it," JJ explained to El Pais.
The shooting unfolded at approximately 9:08 p.m. ET near Third Street and F Street Northwest, outside the Capital Jewish Museum, during the American Jewish Committee’s “Young Diplomats Reception.” Eyewitnesses say he joined bystanders and pretended to be a victim. "Here we are, a bunch of Jews lumped in one room, for him to pick us off."
Critics quickly accused her of downplaying the antisemitic nature of the attack, with X user Arsen Ostrovsky replying, "‘Two people’? They were two JEWS. And more specifically, worked at the Israeli Embassy.
Social media users circulated images from a Liberation News article as potential evidence of Rodriguez's organizational affiliations and participation in pro-Gaza demonstrations.
